"Robert Ashley" was an United States/American composer, who was best known for his operas and other theatre/theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronic music/electronics and extended techniques.

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I grew up listening to the radio and to records. I learned music mainly from that.

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Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid.

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It's hard to say how you get influenced by something. When you work on something for seven years, it's bound to make an impression.

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The photos appear to show somebody who was lying down and incapacitated. And again, intoxication was included in the original police reports.

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It's the racial aspect of this that will make this tough for her. The public perception is that this is a one-side investigation, and that will detract from her efforts to clean things up. There's merit to many of her positions, and she's on track. But she's always derailed by the city's polarization.

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I thought if I could get television interested in opera, it would make a kind of new thing that would allow composers to build a whole new repertoire.

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